Jon Isaacs wrote:
One of the things about shooting someone, especially in a public place, is
that it's hard to take back the bullet once the damage is done, and you
discover you shot the wrong person.

People tend to remember things like that...


Yes, but I think the Original Poster has done as much as possible to try to
right his wrong.

He can also request Google not archive the original post - Google has a
mechanism in place to retroactively remove posts, I believe. The post
then wouldn't show up in quite so many searches. Many people apparently
believe usenet posts are ephemeral; they are not, and Google isn't the
only archive - posts are spread all over the world and therefore
inevitably stored in numerous backup systems.

You will note that the original poster "corrected" his mistake by naming
a second person with a supposed occupation; who as far as we know is
also completely innocent. This poster gets no grace from me - he clearly
didn't learn from his stupidity, instead repeating it, as if his
behavior is OK if he just had the right name to publically slander.

If he has a problem with someone, let him take it up with the
individual; if he then gets no relief, the local police and court system
are set up to handle just such cases, including small claims court.